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Children's Fiction Science Fiction

Icarus Down

by (author) James Bow

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Sep 2016
Category
Science Fiction, Dystopian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781443139137
    Publish Date
    Sep 2016
    List Price
    $14.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 12 to 14
  • Grade: 7 to 9

Description

Earth’s survivors cling to life on an unforgiving, distant planet, next to the sun!

Three generations after the crash of the colony ship Icarus, Iapyx is barely hanging on: one of thirteen cities suspended halfway down deep chasms. The sun on the diamond lands above will kill a man in less than five minutes. The ticktock monsters in the fog forest below are a little slower — but quite a bit smarter. An electromagnetic wash has disabled the computers, the radios, even the lightbulbs. It’s the steam and clockwork age reborn: a careful society, rationed and stratified.

Which suits Simon Daud just fine.

Simon likes the rules, and knows his place — in the shadow of his older brother, Isaac. All he wants is to earn his wings as an ornithopter pilot and get to work in the flight bays. But on his final test flight, something goes wrong. Isaac is killed. Simon is burned; his body will never be the same.

Neither will his world. Not everything in Iapyx is quite as it seems, and through his rehabilitation Simon falls into the middle of a conspiracy that will bring everything he’s ever known to the ground. Down in the fog forest, monsters await — but so does the truth . . . if Simon can survive long enough to find it.

About the author

 

JAMES BOW is the author of three YA fantasy novels and several science books for young readers. He works as a consulting writer and editor, and writes a weekly column for the Kitchener Post communitynewspaper. His interests are eclectic — he spent his university career writing and editing Doctor Who fan fiction magazines. James lives with his wife, author Erin Bow, and their two children. Visit him online at Bowjamesbow.ca.

 

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Awards

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice)
  • Winner, Prix Aurora Awards
  • Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation

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